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Cockeye vs Cockeyed - What's the difference?

cockeye | cockeyed |

As a noun cockeye

is a squinting eye.

As an adjective cockeyed is

having both eyes oriented inward.

cockeye

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A squinting eye.
    • (Forby)
  • (engineering) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.
    • (Webster 1913)

    cockeyed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cock-eyed (esp. UK )

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US) Having both eyes oriented inward.
  • (US) Crooked or askew.
  • (US, informal) Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
    • I'm not going to go along with your cockeyed plot.
  • Drunk.

    • Synonyms

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